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Transmission network investment across national borders : the liberalized electricity market
Persson, Lars; Tangerås, Thomas P. - 2018
The world's first multinational electricity market was formed with the creation of the Nordic power exchange, Nord Pool. We analyze the incentives to undertake transmission network investment in the context of the liberalized Nordic electricity market. Welfare improving investment in a...
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Transparency in electricity markets
Fehr, Nils-Henrik M. von der - 2013
The European Commission is introducing new regulations on submission and publication of data in electricity markets (SPDEM) and on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT). I discuss issues relevant for undertaking an evaluation such regulations. I argue that, for market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009745912
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The impact of the regulatory reform process on R&D investment of European electricity utilities : conference paper
Schmitt, Stephan; Kucsera, Denes - 2013 - This version: 25.10.2012
The aim of this paper is to give deeper insights into the impact of regulatory reforms and privatization on R&D spending of electricity utilities. Building on a panel data set including the biggest European utilities from eight EU-countries over a period from 1985 until 2010, we find a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337284
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Network unbundling and flawed coordination : lessons from electricity and railways
Brunekreeft, Gert - 2014
What is a good balance between competition and coordination in network industries? Network unbundling aims to promote competition, but this has to be balanced against the downside of unbundling: firm-internal coordination falls away and must be replaced by external market mechanisms. This is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423547
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Two price zones for the German electricity market : market implications and distributional effects
Egerer, Jonas; Weibezahn, Jens; Hermann, Hauke - 2015
We discuss the implications of two price zones, i.e. one northern and southern bidding area, on the German electricity market. In the northern zone, continuous capacity additions with low variable costs cause large regional supply surpluses in the market dispatch while conventional capacity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479927
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A vision of the European energy future? : the impact of the German response to the Fukushima earthquake
Grossi, Luigi; Heim, Sven; Waterson, Michael - 2014
The German response to the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident was possibly the most significant change of policy towards nuclear power outside Japan, leading to a sudden and very significant shift in the underlying power generation structure in Germany. This provides a very useful natural...
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Legally Separated Joint Ownership of Bidder and Auctioneer : Illustrated by the Partial Deregulation of the EU Electricity Markets
Van Koten, Silvester - 2008
In the EU electricity industry, many Vertically Integrated Utilities (VIUs) have ownership both of electricity generators and of transmission, hence VIU-owned or allied generators often are bidders in auctions for VIU-owned transmission. In Van Koten (2006) I show that welfare suffers and the...
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Carbon Pricing with an Output Subsidy under Imperfect Competition : The Case of Alberta's Restructured Electricity Market
Brown, David - 2017
In this paper, we examine the use of carbon pricing and an output-based subsidy in a market with imperfect competition …. We consider a carbon pricing policy in Alberta's electricity market as a case study. This policy consists of two phases …-level profitability. We find that the mechanisms by which electricity prices and emissions change in response to carbon pricing differ …
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When Competition Plays Clean : How Electricity Market Liberalization Facilitated State-level Climate Policies in the United States
Lee, Nathan - 2019
Why do some governments adopt policies to mitigate climate change while others do not? In this study, I illustrate the importance of industrial organization in shaping prospects for climate mitigation policy. Using a generalized difference-in-differences analysis, I show that U.S. states that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012900366
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Who Pays for Retail Electric Deregulation? : Evidence of Cross-Subsidization from Complete Bill Data
Dormady, Noah - 2019
Retail electric deregulation has been identified in the literature to have favorable price impacts to businesses and … analysis of the effect of retail deregulation on total electric bills in Ohio. The results identify two main sources of cross …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012899365